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Schlink Family

Wodonga & District Express 1966 Pt3

Wodonga & District Express 1966 Pt2

Wodonga & District Express 1966 Pt1

Clyde Cameron College

Water woes’ flow-on effect

Promoting town in the 60’s

Train vital connection for local communities

District remembers fallen

Water issue for first firies

Bonegilla troop helped youth settle into area

Show produces the goods

Issues that made the news in 1907

1965  Pt. 4. Court house origins

1965 Pt 3. What was hitting the headlines

1965 Pt 2. Large trees removed

Wodonga stories making news in 1965

Journey back in time

Turning the pages of Wodonga’s history

Protecting Victoria from fruit fly outbreak

Nine days of events to mark occasion

Wodonga 1963 (part 7)

Wodonga 1963 (part 6)

Wodonga 1963 (part 5)

Wodonga 1963 (part 4)

Wodonga 1963 (part 3)

Wodonga 1963 (part 2)

Wodonga 1963 (part 1)

Religion, education follows settlement

Wodonga’s rich rail history

Centre provided new mothers with advice

Arcade style shopping opens in Wodonga

Champion of industry

A salute to Wodonga’s fallen wartime heroes

For sale, eye lotion, cigars, phonographs

Grand scheme for new Wodonga waterworks

Finest put on a Show

George Lynch – a man of man talents

Workers’ wage woes

Respected politician did much for region.

Settling for the finest

A Centre of Commerce

Wodonga School History

Wodonga’s Ambulance Service

Fruit Fly Roadblock

Coffee Palaces

Lincoln Causeway

J Mann & Sons

M’Lean – Whan – Erlandsen

Wodonga Poultry Supplies

Wodonga Hospital

J McSwiney Chemist High Street

House numbering in Wodonga

Wodonga and Towong Sentinel 1907

Ken Moir Pharmacy – Sesame Street

Tell us your story

K D Watson, Wodonga’s Unsung Hero

Buntz Garage – Federal Coach Factory

Town of Boorgunyah

Coming to the rescue of the region’s residents

Wodonga remembers

History of Wodonga continues to unfold

A proud house history

Town’s spirit on Show

Robert Prentice – Glass negatives

Wodonga’s saleyard history

Sumsion Gardens – A popular park

Wodonga’s Athenaeum – A home for valuables

Wodonga’s library

Wodonga’s first taxis

Council Chambers Woodland Grove

rail-celebrationRail arrives in Wodonga

wodonga-water-tower-prenticeWodonga’s Water Tower

wodonga-hotel-rose-series-p10191Wodonga Hotel transfer debate

melba-theatreMelba Theatre had a long and popular run

costaCosta’s – A favourite landmark

porta-bottle-wall History inside a bottle

stonleigh-1998 One of Wodonga’s most recognisable buildings

half-way-hotelA meeting place for all

Railway Hotel 1929 Railway Hotel was a favourite

Police station Early police station history.

Terminus Hotel History of the Terminus Hotel in High Street.

Level Crossing Level crossing smash in 1943

sister Hughes2 Sister Hughes’ hospital corner of Stanley Street.

Handmade Software, Inc. Image Alchemy v1.9 Wodonga’s first hospital

Sentinel Wodonga’s early newspaper publishing history.

Woodland John Woodland

Swimming hole3 Wodonga’s earliest swimming pool

Show Society Early history of the Wodonga Show Society

Suspension Bridge 1917 floods 32-A Early floods history

1854-2Belvoir the beginnings